CVE-2002-0367

smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges by duplicating a handle to a privileged process, as demonstrated by DebPloit.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html

References

• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq\u0026m=101614320402695\u0026w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A76
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq\u0026m=101614320402695\u0026w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A76
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2002-0367